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This radical openness has created a vigorous intellectual life at Beth Emet, which is what most congregants cite as their primary reason for membership.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Finally I picked up "Emet" put it in, started to seal, then pulled it out.

Archive 2006-03-01 Yael K 2006

These are the kinds of questions she, and many of her fellow congregants, expect to hear addressed from the pulpit—and at Beth Emet, they routinely do.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

According to Cantor Erin Frankel, the baseline level of knowledge of Judaism at Beth Emet is far above other congregations.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Indeed, because of the thin conception of God and theology but robust sense of collective conscience at Beth Emet, political involvement serves as an important mode of religious expression for synagogue members.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Beth Emet fills a long block and consists of a two-story school building and an A-framed sanctuary with a manicured lawn, a small terrace, and an arched wooden doorway.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Along with forty like-minded families in Evanston, Polish soon started Beth Emet, a new Reform congregation with a Zionist orientation.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Beth Emet also opened the first soup kitchen in Evanston, which is run entirely by congregant volunteers.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Seth Lisbon, a member of three years, says that for him the collective yearning for knowledge is the most exciting aspect of life at Beth Emet.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Beth Emet also runs a religious school for older children and youth, educating them in Hebrew and preparing them for the coming-of-age ceremony called Bar/Bat Mitzvah, as well as a youth group whose main focus is social.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010